In the good old system, <br />It was the usual custom, <br />Where teachers lived, <br />Their students stayed. <br /> <br />The students, beside studies, <br />Did teachers' household duties, <br />Be it any work indoor, <br />Or it was an errand outdoor. <br /> <br />Once, ten students brainless, <br />Joined a teacher useless, <br />In a remote village house, <br />Under the care of his spouse. <br /> <br />They watched one day, <br />A red hot spoon, the lady <br />Dropped in a water pool, <br />For the spoon to cool. <br /> <br />When one of them got fever, <br />The rest poured cold water, <br />To cool him down, instead, <br />Fever raised hot and red. <br /> <br />The ten, once, crossed a river, <br />And to check up the number, <br />One stood outside the line, <br />And the rest formed the line. <br /> <br />The man outside counted nine, <br />And searched for the tenth one. <br />Every one did the same, in turn <br />Found they were short by one. <br /> <br />An old man heard their cry, <br />To help the fools free from shy, <br />Asked them to stand in line, <br />And counted right all the ten. <br /> <br />'A sewing needle, get <br />Me from the market, ' <br />So ordered the Spouse <br />Of their master's house. <br /> <br />Four of them went out, <br />And a needle they bought, <br />But how it should be carried, <br />They disputed and argued. <br /> <br />A plantain tree they cut, <br />At the center pinned it, <br />And carried the tree home, <br />With mouth full of foam. <br /> <br />The lady chided them all, <br />And picked up the needle, <br />Cursing her ruling stars, <br />That brought her such fools.<br /><br />Rajaram Ramachandran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-story-of-funny-students/
